Challenge

Anastas Chohadzhiev
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Boncho Zhilev started the match with the kick off. Denmark's Theis Winther managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Zahari Kerekov in the 9 minute of the game. Kostadin Mazhdrakov made in the 11th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Nano Mitrashkov however managed to control. In a very dangerous position, a player in Denmark fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! When the match had been going on for 14 minutes, DARAS's Boncho Zhilev got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Keld Paulsen. After a rather tough play, Denmark's Chris Nygaard got a free kick in the 17th minute. Nano Mitrashkov kicked well hit freekick during the 19th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Chris Nygaard in the 20th minute of play forced DARAS's goalkeeper Dobrin Beremov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 25th minute Chris Nygaard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dobrin Beremov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Denmark's Simon Bendtsen quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Iliya Kasabov, made in the 27th minute of the game. Denmark's attentive Theis Winther managed to snatch the ball when Zahari Kerekov made a throw-in in the 31st minute of the game. In the 33rd minute, Theis Winther hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Nano Mitrashkov got in the 34th minute a good position and tried a long shot which to a great surprise passed a very astonished Keld Paulsen. This was a shot which ended in a score of 2-0. When Chris Nygaard came up free with the goalie in the 38th minute, the Denmark fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Chris Nygaard couldn't finish the play. Dobrin Beremov didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Chris Nygaard went, in the 40th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Denmark's Keld Paulsen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Volodya Biradzhiev in the 44th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Chris Nygaard was the one to do the kick off. After 53 played minutes DARAS got a freekick which was hit by Kostadin Mazhdrakov. A collision led to Denmark getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Bertram Svenningsen hit a great ball. Dobrin Beremov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Chris Nygaard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 59 minutes into the game, Iliya Kasabov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. DARAS's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Denmark the free kick. In the 59th minute, Iliya Kasabov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dobrin Beremov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Chris Nygaard in the 62nd minute of the match. DARAS made a substitution. Dragan Mangezov replaced Iliya Kasabov. 66 minutes in the game Nedyalko Berberov did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Kostadin Mazhdrakov. Kenn Skou hit a great freekick 68 minutes into the match. In the 74th minute, Kostadin Mazhdrakov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Keld Paulsen was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. After a rather tough play, DARAS's Antim Karamanski got a free kick in the 86th minute. A collision led to DARAS getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Antim Karamanski hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Denmark's Chris Nygaard tried to score from far away in the 88th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Dragan Mangezov hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Nedyalko Berberov made in the 91st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Kuzman Bondzhov however managed to control. An unexpectedly hard shot by Boncho Zhilev in the 92nd minute of play forced Denmark's goalkeeper Keld Paulsen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bertram Svenningsen took the ball and in the 94 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dobrin Beremov. Dobrin Beremov dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 3-2. When the referee blew the final whistle, DARAS could leave the field as winners, despite Denmark having more of the ball for most of the match.